Officers and engineers’ unions oppose “foreign seafarers” on Antarctic vessel
TWO maritime unions have urged the Australian Antarctic Division to employ Australian seafarers ahead of arrival of temporary Aurora Australis replacement The Australian Antarctic...
New remote-controlled cranes for Qube in NZ
EARLIER this year, Qube's fully owned ISO Limited business in New Zealand commissioned four new Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes. The cranes were commissioned at the Port of...
Aussie logistics tech company secures $30M in equity
AUSTRALIAN e-commerce and logistics technology company Shippit has raised an A$30m (US$22m) Series B equity round led by US-based technology investment firm Tiger Global alongside...
Bill targets live export sector
INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie has tabled a private members bill in federal parliament seeking to end the live export sector. It was the fifth time Mr Wilkie has sought to introduce...
TasPorts and AAD prepare to welcome new ice ship
A FIVE-year agreement between TasPorts and the Australian Antarctic Division is set to guarantee closer ties between the two entities and also ensure Hobart is ready to welcome...
ONE revises down (slightly) Apus container loss
OCEAN Network Express has revised down slightly the estimated lost containers from the vessel ONE Apus. As reported in Daily Cargo News last week, the vessel lost a number of...
Farmgate value likely to hit $65bn, but watch on trade
THE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics has released its December quarter 2020 Agricultural Commodities report. It expects Australian farmgate production of...
NSW man charged over 200kg meth importation
A JOINT media release between the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Victoria Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, states that a...
Autonomous shipping progress reported
PROVIDER of ocean shipping solutions, e5 Lab, has announced it has "successfully" completed a large-scale proof of concept testing on the ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project in...
Investment reaps rewards for Pilbara’s ports
SPEAKING at the 23rd Annual Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast Conference in Perth, Pilbara Ports Authority’s general manager of development and trade, Lyle Banks, said there had...
Natural environment a focus of WA ports conference
GROWING recognition of the natural environment in marine infrastructure was one of the themes of the Asia-Pacific conference for PIANC, the World Association for Waterborne...
Former Maersk exec begins work for MSC
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company has welcomed Soren Toft in his new role as chief executive as of 2 December. He reports directly to Diego Aponte, MSC group president, and Gianluigi...
Air cargo “cools” in November
HOPES for a boost in international air cargo volumes during the festive season have taken a dip, with CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index reporting a 1% year-over-year fall in...
Rolls-Royce acquires supplier of ship control systems
ROLLS-ROYCE has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts....
Insurer appoints marine underwriter
INSURER Markel International has appointed Sam Pik Ying as a specialist marine underwriter. Based in Singapore office, Ms Ying is to underwrite general marine and marine...
